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Mark L. Bodner, a malpractice lawyer in Manhattan for nearly 30 years who has represented heart patients in other cases, said Thursday that reviewing the records was not enough. Mr. Bodner said the hospital system should be calling back thousands of patients for clinical exams and interviewing their families.....

A Connecticut plastic surgeon has had her clinic closed for violations which cite mouse droppings on surgical equipment and resealed one-use instruments with blood on them. The state suspended the license for the Connecticut Plastic Surgery Center, run by plastic surgeon Dr. Teresita Mascardo, on Dec. 4. ...

Nearly 4,000 tests for heart disease performed over the last three years at Harlem Hospital Center— more than half of all such tests performed — were never read by doctors charged with making a diagnosis, hospital officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D/WF-Yonkers) and Assemblyman Mike Spano (D/C/WF-Yonkers) announced that Governor Paterson signed “Jimmy Nolan’s Law”, extending the time that 9/11 workers can file compensation claims for injuries suffered from participating in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations...